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HYPERIIDyE. 



AMPHIPODA. 

 HYPERIN4. 



HYPERIID^. 



HYPERIA GALBA. 



Specific character. Cephalon large ; pereion distended ; pleon compressed. 

 Antennae short, having the flagella terminating in a few scarcely-visible 

 articuli. First pair of gnathopoda having the carpus broad, but not obliquely 

 produced; second pair having the carpus infero-anteriorly produced. 

 Peduncle of the posterior pair of pleopoda reaching to the apex of the rami 

 of the preceding pair. Telson lanceolate. 



Length \ inch. 



Hyperia Galba. MONTAGU, Linn. Trans, xi. p. 4, pi. 2, fig. 2. 



MILNE EDWARDS, Hist, des Crust, iii. p. 77. 

 W. THOMPSON, Ann. Nat. Hist. xx. p. 244. 

 WHITE, Cat. Crust. Brit. Mus. 1847 and 1850, 

 p. 57. Hist. Brit. Crust, p. 206. GOSSE, Mar. 

 Zool. p. 139. SPENCE BATE, Ann. Nat. Hist. 

 2 ser. xix. p. 150. Cat. Amph. Brit. Mus. p. 293, 

 pi. xlviii. fig. 9. 



Hyperia Latreillii. MILNE EDWARDS, Ann. des Sci. Nat. xx. p. 388, 



pi. xi. fig. 1-7. Hist, des Crust, iii. p. 76. 

 Regne An. (Ed. Crochard) Crust, pi. Iviii. fig. 1. 



